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daNI TO STay aT hONda
Dani Pedrosa is staying where he is for
the next two seasons.
The spaniard will stay with the Repsol
Honda MotoGP team after signing a
new two-year deal, that will keep him
alongside Marc Marquez for 2015 and ‘16.
“I’m very happy to be able to announce
my renewal with the Repsol Honda Team,”
he said in a statement, “and grateful to
Honda for the trust they have shown
in me for for a further two years. It’s
the best way for me to continue in my
racing career, together with the company
I was with in my very first race. I am
very excited to give my 100 percent and
continue to work together with everyone
at Honda Racing Corporation.”
HRC executive Vice President shuhei
Nakamoto welcomed the deal.
“We are very pleased to renew our
contract with Dani,” he said. “He is
enjoying a very strong season and
is currently tied with Rossi in the
Championship, we are very happy with
his performance. The partnership of Dani
and Marc has proven to be successful and
we look forward to another two years of
success.”
Pedrosa moved up to MotoGP with the
HRC team in 2006 after winning a World
title on 125s in 2003 and two on 250s in
‘04 and ‘05. He has won 25 MotoGPs in
142 starts.
Honda has already started testing its 2015
model RC213V MotoGP racer.
Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa
completed 20 and 16 laps, respectively,
on the bike last week and, in spite of a
small tumble off his ‘14 bike for the World
Champion, both declared that they are
happy with the new machine.
“Obviously there are positive things
and not-so-positive things, but the first
impression is satisfactory,” said Marquez.
“We put in similar times with the new bike
to what we did with the current model, so
we are happy”.
“The track still didn’t have too much
grip, but we were able to put more
kilometres under our belts and get a first
impression of the new bike,” said Pedrosa.
“The new machine is still in its infancy, but
we have some good ideas for when we
next get a chance to test it at the end of
the year”.
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